Need Help in Calculating Eligibility Days

[ssharmin]

Hello Everyone,

I am hoping someone can provide a little insight on how the days are calculated on the Physical Presence Calculator on the Canadian Immigration website to alleviate the confusion I am having for eligibility days.

I had become a permanent resident March 2014. In these years I had travelled and worked abroad quite a bit to finally be able to qualify for the required 1095 days. I understand only the days in the past 5 years will be accounted for. My intention was to apply at the end of August however, it looks like I am still falling short by 47 days. The calculator says I would not be eligible to apply till 2021-10-10. Would someone be able to clarify why it would take this long to make up for the 47 days plus the extra for just safety net? Maybe I am just reading the calculations wrong. Thanks in advance!

Permanent residence date	2014-03-12	Application date	2020-08-31
Physical Presence as a Permanent Resident	Physical Presence as a Temporary Resident or Protected Person
	Calendar Days	Credit
Days within eligibility period	1,827	Days within eligibility period	0	0
Days spent serving a sentence	0	Days spent serving a sentence	0	0
Days absent	779	Days absent	0	0
Total credit	1,048

 

[Seym]

It's probably because you stayed in Canada for an extended period in the first months of the 5 years window. You lose credit for those days when time passes, and the number of days you can account for either stays the same if you're currently here, or decreases if you're outside the country.

If you're 47 days short, you have to stay in Canada 47 days + every single day you were in Canada that are now within the 5 years period, but will no longer be in it by the time you accumulate enough.

The calculator just made the calculation for you, in the case you spend every day in the country from now on.

Good luck.

 

[flyingpbandj]

Hey,

It would really depend on when your "days physically in Canada" are. You are not providing any information regarding when you absences were, but let's go with a made up example:

With an application date of 2020-08-31, the Citizenship calculator will look at the period between 2015-08-31 to 2020-08-31. Let's assume you had the following:

1. In Canada from 2015-08-31 to 2017-08-30 (approx 730 days).
2. Absent from Canada from 2017-08-31 to 2019-09-30 (approx 760 days).
3. In Canada from 2019-10-01 to 2020-08-30 (approx 335 days).

Total time in Canada: 1065

In my example you'd be missing roughly 30 days. For simplicity, lets say you wait 2 extra months "so you can get those extra 30 days plus some buffer", but in reality this is what has happened. Your new application date is 2020-10-31, so the Citizenship calculator will look at the period between 2015-10-31 to 2020-10-31:

1. In Canada from 2015-10-31 to 2017-08-30 (approx 670 days).
2. Absent from Canada from 2017-08-31 to 2019-09-30 (approx 760 days).
3. In Canada from 2019-10-01 to 2020-10-30 (approx 395 days).

Total time in Canada: 1065

In other words, what's happening in your situation is that as time moves forward, you're "eating" into your "physically in Canada" days, rather than your "absent from Canada" days. Therefore, the calculator is telling you to apply on 2021-10-10 as that's when you'd have been physically in Canada for at least 1095 days in the last 5 days from the application date.

 

[ssharmin]

Hey,

It would really depend on when your "days physically in Canada" are. You are not providing any information regarding when you absences were, but let's go with a made up example:

With an application date of 2020-08-31, the Citizenship calculator will look at the period between 2015-08-31 to 2020-08-31. Let's assume you had the following:

1. In Canada from 2015-08-31 to 2017-08-30 (approx 730 days).
2. Absent from Canada from 2017-08-31 to 2019-09-30 (approx 760 days).
3. In Canada from 2019-10-01 to 2020-08-30 (approx 335 days).

Total time in Canada: 1065

In my example you'd be missing roughly 30 days. For simplicity, lets say you wait 2 extra months "so you can get those extra 30 days plus some buffer", but in reality this is what has happened. Your new application date is 2020-10-31, so the Citizenship calculator will look at the period between 2015-10-31 to 2020-10-31:

1. In Canada from 2015-10-31 to 2017-08-30 (approx 670 days).
2. Absent from Canada from 2017-08-31 to 2019-09-30 (approx 760 days).
3. In Canada from 2019-10-01 to 2020-10-30 (approx 395 days).

Total time in Canada: 1065

In other words, what's happening in your situation is that as time moves forward, you're "eating" into your "physically in Canada" days, rather than your "absent from Canada" days. Therefore, the calculator is telling you to apply on 2021-10-10 as that's when you'd have been physically in Canada for at least 1095 days in the last 5 days from the application date.

Thank you both for your responses. I totally understand it now. The further I try to push the application date, the more days I "physical days in Canada" I am losing. It's so frustrating when work involves so much international travels. It is what it is. Thanks again!